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‘Like red ants on a log floating downstream each certain it is controlling the direction of the flow.” That was the acute observation of a coarse-skinned farmer staring at the TV screen at a small coffee shop in a 100-year-old market in Suphan Buri province ...

The Education Ministry’s Office of the Education Council (ONEC) held a workshop on Friday to brainstorm over guidelines for providing vocational courses in rice-growing and dairy-farming to boost the qualifications and competency of workers as part of the government’s “Smart Farmers” programme under its Quick ...

The cannabis extract oil known as “Daycha Oil” is to get official approval early this week but its creator has ceded responsibility for producing it to the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.“I have found it difficult to make the drug on my own ...

The Bank of Thailand has reported that data from commercial banks in the second quarter has revealed a spike in overdue debts, and that SME loans are on the rise and have the potential of becoming non-performing loans (NPLs).Tharit Panpiamrat, senior vice president of the ...

Two key economy-related state agencies have taken drastic measures to curb the impacts from the US-China trade war as the Thai economy slows.The Finance Ministry is pressing state enterprises to inject 130 billion baht into their investment projects by the end of this year, while ...

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has proposed an idea to address the issue of crowded hospitals by allowing general patients who have already seen a doctor to purchase medicine at pharmacies registered with the ministry.Keep watching ...

The Ministry of Transport has approved a taxi fare hike by 50 satang over the distance between one to ten kilometers, starting September in order to offset increasing costs for drivers.Keep watching ...

Malaysia has been urged to emulate Thailand in the management of human trafficking cases by allowing collaboration between enforcement agencies and civic groups.Patchareeboon Sakulpitakphon, who works with the Asian chapter of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), told FMT the partnership would ensure ...

Japanese investors are calling on the government to carry out the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme as they plan to invest and expand their operations further, says the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC).Atsushi Taketani, chairman of the JCC’s economic research group, said the EEC is ...

The government has launched a white paper on the Internet of Things (IoT) industry to drive the country’s digital economy.The “Thailand IoT Industry White Paper” was jointly released during a meeting on Wednesday (August 7) in Bangkok. The white paper outlines the framework of Thailand’s ...